Boris Yeltsin in Houston

April 7, 2014

09/16/1989 - On a last-minute stopover in Houston, Boris Yeltsin and a handful of Soviet companions were treated to a private Johnson Space Center tour of mission control and a mock-up of the planned space station. As he toured the space station mock-up, Yeltsin asked Clark Covington, NASA's technical assistant director, detailed, technical questions about materials used to construct space shuttles and auxiliary equipment. Yeltsin has an engineering background, his translator said.

09/16/1989 - On a last-minute stopover in Houston, Boris Yeltsin and a handful of Soviet companions were treated to a private Johnson Space Center tour of mission control and a mock-up of the planned space station. As he toured the space station mock-up, Yeltsin asked Clark Covington, NASA's technical assistant director, detailed, technical questions about materials used to construct space shuttles and auxiliary equipment. Yeltsin has an engineering background, his translator said.